"Wilson Crockett: I just don't buy the idea that there are that many people out there crazy enough to spend their lives in prison for a few minutes on television."

"A lot of you are probably wondering why Jerry couldn't make it this evening. Well, he's tied up, and I'm the one who tied him. [laughter] You think I'm joking, but that's the only way I could break into show business—by hijacking Jerry Langford. [laughter] I'm not kidding. Right now, Jerry Langford is strapped to a bedstead somewhere in the middle of this city. [laughter] Go ahead. Laugh. But the fact is . . . I'm here. Tomorrow you'll know I wasn't kidding, and you'll think I was crazy. But I figured it this way: better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime!"

"[to Jerry] Jesus, they certainly don't give you very good protection, do they? Look at you here. Who the hell is watching you? Any one of these freaks could just walk right up to you and do whatever he wants."

"[to Rita, about Marilyn Monroe] She wasn't a great actress, but she had a real gift for comedy. She died tragically, you know, alone, like so many of the world's most beautiful women. I'm going to see that doesn't happen to you, Rita."

"Ellia Thompson - Serena Slocum"

"Every King needs a Queen, Rita. I want you to be mine."

"It's no laughing matter."

"If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini."

"Robert Englund - Freddy Krueger"

"Charles Fleischer - Dr. King"

"Whatever you do, don't fall asleep...or you'll meet the terrifying Freddy."

"John Saxon - Lt. Thompson"

"A scream that wakes you up, might be your own..."

"Ronee Blakley - Marge Thompson"

"She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives."

"If Nancy Doesn't Wake Up Screaming, She Won't Wake Up At All..."

"Heather Langenkamp - Nancy Thompson"

"The first word in terror from the creator of Scream"

"I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy."

"[to Glen] Whatever you do... don't fall asleep."

"[singing] One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again."

"Sleep Kills."

"Amanda Wyss - Tina Grey"

"Nick Corri - Rod Lane"

"Johnny Depp - Glen Lantz"

"Gerry Black - Mace (Miskatonic security guard)"

"Carolyn Purdy-Gordon - Dr. Harrod"

"Al Berry - Dr. Hans Gruber"

"Jeffrey Combs - Herbert West"

"Bruce Abbott - Dan Cain"

"Re-Animator was released unrated, which is very seldom done, but it allowed us to do anything we wanted to. With From Beyond, they insisted that it be rated R, which meant that it was more restricted in what we’d be allowed to do."

"Barbara Crampton - Megan Halsey"

"Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders... and another one on his desk."

"...It will scare you to pieces."

"David Gale - Dr. Carl Hill"

"When we were doing the research on it, we were spending a lot of time talking to pathologists in various morgues, and they had the blackest sense of humour I’ve ever encountered! I think you have to if you’re going to do a job like that. I think that, somehow, managed to make its way into the movie."

"[about West's basement lab] Hmm. Interesting little la-bor-ah-tory you have here."

"Mace: [about the morgue] Don't know why they keep locked doors around here. Nobody wants in, and ain't nobody gettin' out."

"[about the two pencils West has just deliberately snapped] Mister West. I suggest you get yourself a pen."

"H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror"

"Death Is Just The Beginning..."

"Robert Sampson - Dean Alan Halsey"

"[whispered to Megan, in the film's final line] I love you."

"I must say, Dr. Hill, I'm very disappointed in you. You steal the secret of life and death and here you are, trysting with a bubble-headed co-ed. You're not even a second-rate scientist."

"You'll never get credit for my discovery. Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow."

"[regarding the dead cat he is reanimating] Don't expect it to tango; it has a broken back."

"I am not through here! I told you I have a theory: overdose!! [wields two full reagent hypodermics]"

"[to Dan, trying to convince him to assist in his research] We can achieve every doctor's dream! You'll be famous, and live lifetimes."

""How can you teach such drivel? These people are here to learn and you're closing their minds before they even have a chance!" [Herbert west to Dr. Hill after pencil snapping lesson]"

"Do you agree he's dead now? [picks up the dead cat and drops it with a clunk] Do you agree that he's dead now?"